Canadian Dimension: 'However strongly we leftists may disagree with the objectives, values or opinions of participants in the “freedom convoy,” if we support the government’s use of emergency powers in these circumstances, then it is only a matter of time before the government turns those extraordinary powers against us.
'That is the last thing we need. It has become increasingly apparent that our political system is fundamentally broken, that massive and relentless civil disobedience is our best—and perhaps only—hope for the salvation of our planet and the creation of a truly just society. If we Canadian leftists endorse this government’s use of emergency powers to quell this protest, we may well be dooming our prospects of successfully mounting and sustaining the far more disruptive protests that will be necessary to preserve Mother Earth and to achieve real democracy.
'Shortly after the Trudeau government issued its emergency declaration, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland revealed that, under regulations that will be adopted under the Act, banks will temporarily be allowed to freeze personal and business accounts suspected of being used to further the blockades without obtaining a court order, and without fear of being sued for doing so.
'In response to that revelation, left-leaning US political commentator Kyle Kulinski remarked “Canada trying to freeze the bank accounts of trucker protesters with zero due process and oversight, calling them ‘terrorists,’ is a precedent that will be used against any and all protests. You have to oppose it regardless of what you think of the substance of the protest.”'
Kudos to the author, Dimitri Lascaris. The future is populist. The spectrum will be left-wing and right-wing populism. Keenly aware of that fact, Dimitri has also recognized that the technocratic, oligarchic, and corporatist elites are our common enemy (i.e. enemies of the working and middle classes who they want to reduce to serfs). Furthermore, he underscores how regardless of whether you prefer a red or blue tie, the unchecked and flagrant abuse of power will lead nowhere good and fast.
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